I'm alive I promise...

I feel like a bad mom who has neglected her child (the blog being my child, of course.)  I probably should have warned you all or maybe even prepared better for what's been going on, but alas I did not.  Every summer (although this is my last) I go back to school for 3 weeks for work.  It's an incredibly rewarding job but it's also time consuming, demanding all of my attention and energy.  It's not that I haven't thought about the blog, it actually has made me sad to think that my little corner of the internet is collecting cob webs!  I promise to be better the next two weeks...I'll at least try.

Life has been good, stressful but good.  With two jobs pulling my creative juices in opposite directions, I think I just feel drained.  Being at work for these 3 weeks is both exhilarating and difficult.  We don't really have much time to do anything else except work and spend time with the other employee's and so it makes for some really interesting situations and emotions.

I've been doing this job for the last two years and so this is my last summer of work for them.  My coworkers are some of my best friends and this experience has brought such wonderful things to my life...it even brought me Tim.  So, the fact that this is my last summer doing it makes me sad.  It's really the first of many lasts that I am going to experience this year as a senior and it's pretty bittersweet.

For now, I'd love you all to check some pictures out from this week.  I am going to be putting content up throughout the week since (I think) I have my head on straight now.  Stay happy and healthy :)

 Seniors <3

A little break

If feels like I haven't blogged in a while even though it's only been a couple of days.  If you all have checked in and were disappointed to not see something new, I am so sorry!  I've been taking a couple of days to read a new book called Blog, Inc. that I am hoping will help strengthen this blog and make it a whole hell of a lot more interesting for all of you!   Other than that, the semester is winding down so it's gotten far more busy that I had imagined.  Between homework, papers and events, there is hardly time for Tim and I to spend together on the weekends which sucks a lot.  I can't tell you how much I am looking forward to the summer.

Because I love pictures, here's a few from this weekend!

Charlotte and I had a huge presentation on Friday...so this is us very nervous

On Saturday night, Tim and I went to a barbecue for our friend who just beat cancer! It was a great night with friends!

Fresh strawberries in my favorite Crate&Barrel fruit crate!

Panera with Charlotte to finish off our Sunday food shopping spree! Um, their green tea is AMAZING. Go.Buy.Now

Enjoy the rest of your weekend!  Doing anything good?

A little update!

It's been a while since I've checked in and I sincerely apologize if I've kept some of you coming back with nothing new to read.  It's been so busy on my end and I am really excited to fill you all in with some separate blog posts.  For now, I just stopped by to check in and say hello.  The spring weather has been beautiful and I am currently sitting outside doing some school work.

Last weekend Tim gave me these adorable rings (top left) that I have been asking for and I was so excited to get them.  It was such a sweet gesture.  

Also, my dad just made this Mickey and Minnie sign for my room!  It's burned into wood, he's so talented!

Sunday recap!

Happy Sunday everyone!  It's cold in New Jersey and I am dreading the fact that I have class tomorrow...but that is besides the point.

It has been a really long week here and probably an even longer weekend.  Between staring my internship in the city with an hour and a half commute to rushing back for night classes and business dinners, I hardly had time to slow down.  This weekend I haven't slept past 6:30 a.m. once...not even ONCE.  Needless to say I am utterly exhausted and have to repeat it this week.  Yikes.  

I'm so tired I don't even think I grasped a single thing from church this morning which is horrible of me.  I was just so focused on the million other little things going on.  It's funny because usually I have these weeks every once in a while but for some reason I don't see things slowing down in the near future.  February is a terribly busy month with wonderful things planned but man, it's times like these when I still wish I had caffeine!

On a totally weird side note tangent, I found out today that my married ex-boyfriend, whom I dated all through high school, is having a baby.  It was weird when he got married. I mean granted I wanted to get married like yesterday, but still, besides the point.  I think what makes this all the weirder is that my best friend growing up already has a little girl.  Holy moly....like what?  I in no way mean to judge and I wish them both the best but I suppose I view things differently.  I want to have a huge family, I just want to wait.  I want to spend years with Tim travelling and building a life we are both proud of and feel secure having.  Regardless, this morning I stopped and thought about all of it and couldn't help but feel that awful pang in my chest reminding me that it's not high school anymore.  That graduation is soon, that I have responsibilities, that I am an adult.  None of us are kids anymore and we certainly aren't all hanging out at the beach together talking about when our days would be like this...no they are surely here.